04/17/09- Robert Ayers DE. The Redskins have to be burning Andy Reid in effigy for Philadelphia's heist of Jason Peters from Buffalo, causing the Bills to take Michael Oher at number 11, last of the "Big Four" left tackles in the draft. But Ayers' stock has continued to rise to the point where he can't fairly be called a mere consolation prize even this first half of the draft. Draft guru Mike Mayock of NFL.com actually believes that within three years Ayers will end up being the best defensive player to come out of this draft. I don't know if that'll happen, but I do think that defensive end is about as dire a need as any for the Redskins. The Jason Taylor experiment ended badly (Parcells comes out looking great over that tiff with Taylor last year), leaving only Renaldo Wynn (35 years old) and Philip Daniels (36 years old) as the only experienced ends across from Andre Carter (who had a down year himself last season). Given this need, Ayers' ascent, and the lack of value at left tackle now that Oher is gone (this is way too early to pick Britton or Beatty), I believe that Washington can reasonably go DE here.
04/15/09- Michael Oher OT. I have to imagine the Redskins will be ecstatic if they find that Oher is still available at this point in the draft. Their current tackles, Samuels and Jansen (Heyer?), have been good players but now have a ton of mileage on them. The Redskins going OT seems to be one of the more certain projections out there.
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